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Plaintiff in lawsuit over Liverpool purchase seeks documents from Fenway Sports Group05 / 20 / 13The owner of the Boston Red Sox, Fenway Sports Group, has been able to stay out of the years-long controversy and lawsuits sparked by its 2010 purchase of Liverpool FC — until last week. Mill Financial, a former lender to Liverpool, asked a New York state court on Monday to launch legal pro... Tags: Law and Politics |
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Investment bankers join forces
In a sign of the increasing convergence of the sports and cable industries, Beacon Sports Capital Partners LLC, a sports investment banking boutique, is forming a joint venture with Communications Equity Associates, a media and entertainment investment bank with close ties to the cable industry. ...
Tags: BCEA Sports Capital, Beacon Sports Capital Partners LLC, Communications Equity Associates, Fleet, Pittsburgh Penguins
Tennis star's private life not expected to hurt sponsorships
Australian Open finalist Amelie Mauresmo's public pronouncements about being a lesbian should have little impact on her marketing potential, experts say. In the 1980s, women's tennis was dominated by Martina Navratilova, who made no secret of her homosexuality, but she had far more championship ...
Marketer quits ATP program
The ATP's ambitious effort to pool worldwide revenue from 10 of its top tournaments has been left in doubt after a critical sports marketing partner broke ranks and blasted the men's tennis organization for unrealistic financial projections. The ATP wants to raise significantly more than $1 bi ...
Tags: IMG, ISL Marketing, Octagon Group, SLEC Holdings
New owners revive Roller Hockey plans
Roller Hockey International has told its owners that the league will have a formal TV contract with Fox Sports Network very soon. RHI told the owners at a meeting in Los Angeles last month that the TV deal was all but done and only a few more details remained, said Benny Gulakiw, vice president ...
New York teams plan rare push
The New York area's two professional basketball teams are set to begin in earnest the post-lockout work of luring back fans. The Knicks plan an aggressive radio and print campaign, and the New Jersey Nets will spend $1 million over the shortened season to woo back disenchanted fans. The Knick ...
Tags: MSG Network, Brooklyn Nets, New York Knicks, Pro Player Inc., YankeeNets
Open's ratings are no grand slam for ESPN
The rash of upsets at the Australian Open tennis tournament has done little to stem enthusiasm for the event Down Under, but U.S. television ratings on ESPN for the Grand Slam event remain in the cellar. Six of the first seven days of the event drew record crowds to Melbourne. Through the middle ...
Predators shares up on AFL rumor
Shares of Orlando Predators Entertainment Inc. surged last week amid speculation that the National Football League may announce it will buy a significant portion of the Arena Football League. The NFL and AFL would not comment, but a major transaction of some kind could be disclosed in the next f ...
Tags: AFL, Nashville Predators, NFL
IMG/Chase Sports ready for first deal
Nearly a year after its creation, IMG/Chase Sports Capital LLC may be ready to make its first big splash. The leveraged buyout sports fund is planning to announce its virgin investment in a sports company as early as this week. Totaling tens of millions of dollars, the investment could mark the ...
Tags: Chase Manhattan Corp., IMG
Plan for dome, new MSG has a few backers
Judging from the reaction to New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's proposal to build a domed football stadium and a new Madison Square Garden on Manhattan's west side, you might think the combative mayor has lost his mind. Even the normally Rudy-friendly New York Post described the multibillion ...
Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., MSG Network, New York Jets, Prudential Securities, Trans World Airlines
Coyotes, eyeing move, refinance
Looking to bankroll an eventual move out of America West Arena, the Phoenix Coyotes have refinanced $52 million of existing debt and added another $8 million to their loan facility. The new $60 million loan from Societe Generale is designed to give the hockey team financial flexibility as it map ...
Tags: America West Airlines, Arizona Diamondbacks, Fleet, Phoenix Coyotes, Phoenix Suns, United HealthCare
